Return-path: Received: from charlotte.tuxdriver.com ([70.61.120.58]:35173 "EHLO smtp.tuxdriver.com" rhost-flags-OK-OK-OK-OK) by vger.kernel.org with ESMTP id S932727Ab2CZPCS (ORCPT ); Mon, 26 Mar 2012 11:02:18 -0400 Date: Mon, 26 Mar 2012 10:54:34 -0400 From: "John W. Linville" To: Marcel Holtmann Cc: linux-wireless@vger.kernel.org, linux-bluetooth@vger.kernel.org Subject: Re: RFC/CFP -- Linux Wireless (802.11/Bluetooth/NFC) Mini-Summit 2012 (Barcelona?) Message-ID: <20120326145433.GE13806@tuxdriver.com> (sfid-20120326_170223_105744_2439134D) References: <20120322192406.GB2432@tuxdriver.com> <1332698585.1870.88.camel@aeonflux> MIME-Version: 1.0 Content-Type: text/plain; charset=us-ascii In-Reply-To: <1332698585.1870.88.camel@aeonflux> Sender: linux-wireless-owner@vger.kernel.org List-ID: On Sun, Mar 25, 2012 at 11:03:05AM -0700, Marcel Holtmann wrote: > I am in favor of requiring attendees to register with the LinuxCon > event. That has always worked out nicely for everybody. Especially if we > want to have extra rooms for breakout sessions. Otherwise we have to > figure out the room costs. > > Unless some company wants to step up and sponsor. Or sponsor a dinner > event and get free attendance. I think we can figure something out to > make this work if anybody is interested ;) Sponsorship is always welcome, of course. :-) > > Given the potential to expand this into a larger event, we would > > likely need to be somewhat more formal about having proposals for > > speaking slots. In that case, we might require a program committee > > for reviewing proposals, etc. Anyone interested in participating in > > speaking at the mini-summit or in reviewing speaking proposals should > > contact me or reply in this thread. > > When you and I talked originally about this, we discussed the format a > little bit. In theory we have a bunch of options here. One of the > original thoughts was 1-2 day mini-conference and 1 day break-out > sessions. I assume 6 presentation per day is maximum. Is it enough to > just do 1 day? I don't think that 1 day is enough. 2 might not be enough, depending on how we stage it. Do you think that we would have more than one "track" (e.g. separate Blueooth/802.11/NFC sessions)? A single "plenary" session? Or some mix? > Any other thoughts? > > And while we are at it I am volunteering myself (or someone from our > team) to give the "Bluetooth: State of the Union" talk. Cool. -- John W. Linville Someday the world will need a hero, and you linville@tuxdriver.com might be all we have. Be ready.